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躔

chán

Character

What 躔 means

1. literaryanimal tracks
2. the course of a celestial body
3. (of a celestial body) to follow its course

Words containing 躔

• 廿八躔niàn bā chánthe twenty-eight constellations; also written 二十八宿

Sounds the same

Read chán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 缠to wind around; to wrap round; to coil
• 馋gluttonous; greedy; to have a craving
• 禅dhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism)
• 澶still (as of water); still water
• 蝉cicada
• 单used in 单于
• 婵used in 婵娟
• 蟾toad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking)…
• 谗to slander; to defame; to misrepresent
• 潺flow; trickle (of water)
• 巉(literary) steep; rugged; jagged; precipitous
• 毚cunning; artful